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VALDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY, 'DECEMBER ¥ 29, 1909.
ite Men Bared Their Bodies
to Protect Innocent Negroes.
ew Orleans, Dec. 27.—That white men with their . own
w'protected innocent negroes and. that every effort is being
by whites to punish the white “hoodlums” who were ne-
ble for the Christmas riots in Kemper county is reported
s today direct from’ Wahalak and Scooba. .
The dispatches sSy that a conference was held between the
f'.ahd military authorities,“when evidence was produced to
ish the identity <{f five white men of good families who
in the lynchings. Th? dispatches say that the total
is probably twelve and that the mob element among
ed toward the Alabama state line, while the negroes
in terror at Scooba, seeking the protection of/|the troops.
" llipg of the negro Nicholson is reported'to be most
he was one of the best characters and was well to do.
i mob, -in'gearching for another negro, entered Nictiol-
lOtlse and several members began shooting at him. A
r sheriff and two bt!ij>i%kke men shielded ^fchols’on with
their own bodies until trfgjp! were over po we re ilT The negro’s
hen burned after he was killed. t
'OVi VARDAmN QENOUHCES IT AS "ATROCIOUS
New Orleans. Dec: 27.—Governor-Vardaman reach®
at midnight, accompanied by Adjutant General Pfidg
Jack-sopl' military company. After a conference with Colonel
. . *Jk*» clty !t »«»'. McCan#, commanding the troops, and with the civjj authorities,
eutT hr,.u<, PbC ip't 8U ®" !t>3 fro ® it was determined.that three companies of troops return home,
©uta, bruises andra fractured arm. It , • ,
was thought 1 hat the operation wui 1-avmg the? situation to be cared for by the remaining command,
successful, and that sko will suture* When he left the armory this morning, the governor de- sten«
her injuries. j dared that the several killings was an “atrocious crime',” and
Mrs. Au.*d and her husband were that the entire troubimvill be investigated,
returning to their,home Tuesday at-
tor visiting friends at Westminster,
8. C. When neihr Madison, Airs.
Auld started from the eUach In which
ehe and her husband were riding, for Atlanta G» «l, u
another e.-, r to see her brother. While ' ' Gx ' Doe * '• not
on the plaiform;between the two cars,' t!,0U9ht that MIm J,nf,rtto Swlft > *
a lurch of the train-threw her otf.ahd j dau 9 hter of Mrs. Luna Swift Huntley,
It was not for sotno tlmo that she was j who was Injured by Jumping from a irca stree
missed. , S."JI ' I carriage drawn by a pair of runaway
! , ; i T d ( d! r#r: th -' hor,C5 ' ■* * erlttus, y hart - w..
at the „ r - t ’tntl 1110 v Cff 1 stunned and badly bruised, and her
At the ucaat station and, hlrlnfi a horse physician th>
«ind buggy, ho <tmvo back along the au
railroad and twwHour.1 u»ier begin- C, Swlft , n
^plas his trip, found hlg, wlfo bn the
ground, bleeding and lunv'onacloua.
She waa brought to Atlanta yester
day afternoon .and taken at onco to
the Presbyterian hospital. In addi
tion to her Injuries, Mrs. Au’d was
suffering from exposure to tko asvoro
O.,' andVbo lay
hours in the freezing '
unconscious condition, waa brought
to Atlanta Wednesday and yesterday
afternoon was operated upon at the
Presbyterian hospital. | JaCkso^. militafy company. Aft
When she arrived.fc. tli* city It was] McCant'.^ commanding the troops,
Serious.
nent young attorney, son of Solicitor-
General Charllemil, 'of ths Atlanta
circuit, were returning frpm the the-
atsr, and wag proceeding out Psach"-
:n the horses become p
unmanageable. For several block*
the speed of the tforeea ^-.r.ear tyil
til there w»a no stopping’ ' "
poaslbl. the I Mr. Kill end Vi, . r,-., c t
real .V-.W
lilt, a proml. I hurt l ‘‘ £l - —***
.Case Pu&els the Police
‘■i .Deo. 27.—The Atlanta [tarty Christmas morning aha laid the
■gated over Uie strange .mitre* she had to go to the' terminal
'..■Carr, They ere almost sUUin.tati****young min. whit wae
to fleet K up end put , H _pelng to marry her. Tuesday’ night
unsolved mysteries. Men-j ehe' s^eln' applied at the barrack. W
girl giving 'her n.ma aa * p, *t* \° *'“ p "iB£i
L* 1. ..U.J rt^.man-htd . not srrtvsd. Wednesday
egep in, seued permission, ,h ( |«ft, saying: the wee *0-
thb police barrack*. She ing to the home of her aunt. She
I fbeen living with a Jam, i)*»eh , t been e#*»;:eln<e. THS pellae
End, and waa treated so fthlsie the- glrL half-witted, dhd do not
ehe was forced to leave. ■ know whether or not to believe, her
In the matron** wart), but atorlct. . . *
One Young Man Kills An-
" er in a Fight at Eastman.
following special to the Times was received loo late for
public Son yesterday afternoon:
Eastman, Ga., Dec. 26.—Ifftrry Hargrove was shot and in
stantly killed here this afternoon at 2:30o’clock"by John Groover
ch, cjl years of age. Burch and Hargrove had a fight at the
ting; rink and Burch pulled his gun and, shot Hargrove
through tlie heart, Burch is now in jail; -
Young Lady Shot by Uncle.
Dec. 27.—Miss Tymna Freeman, the 16-.year-old
r! accidentally shot by her uncle,£. 6“, LarHmore,
morning at" the Larrimorc home, 38 Biffing street; and
iat afternoon at Grady hospital, waTonrieo yesterday
it Hollywood cemetery. When taken to the hospital
condition was srffib that it was found impossible to
operation. She was hit in the abdomen.
Southern Pacific Strife is Ended.
ElPaao, Dec. 27.—The Southern Pacific officials hero
weather , today declared tl^pt; the -fireman’s strike is practically broken
Young ,vagrants All of the tnt^ts arc tug^nng practically on tatne and freight
®* 0. Km McKeut, young is being accepted as urn The firemen say that the road
white men, hare been brmail over to • , e . • .err?
the etato court* JSior T200 bond each i 18 handling no freight.
by the rccorddS$!|8ji Iho technical! - g gH
charge of vagrancy. They arc sus
pected of having assaulted and robbed
J. R. Myers, of Llthonia, a few, — . .
Bights ago. They admit taking My New Haven, Dec. 27.—The Knights of Columbus today sent
•rs to a boarding house on Central' a cablegram to Cardinal Merry DeVal, of the Vatican, Rome,
avenue, but deny that they robbod extending heartiest sympathy to the Pope in U&effofts to adjust
" To Discus* immf rants thc fl ' f ^ cult ' es of the church in franco and aslprltijjrr.their filial
A conference ClII bT held ’in the and loyal su PP ort .* ! {
governor’s ofllce a*, the state eapltol
Friday morning at which the subject
Woman Vindicated in N. Y.
, Dec. 27;—Mrs. Jeanne Trutmau, the wife, of . 8
Sician, was vindicated in the police court today
ot larceny, preferred by Peter J. Hogan who
rest 0* jDhristmas eve in frbn^kj a FiftI
—charge $f,ls»ult4i'i
—•, -y-RpBr;
^^^w'SffiSfBrgugliton
Atbntu, Ga, Dee, 27—As a pleat- council In a sermort In his tabernacle,
ant Interchange of Christmas com- 1 calling the mayor hard na.-neu and
pllmfntai.Mayor James Q; Woodward, the council woroe.
and Rev,l|;Len G. Broughton, tho. The mayor rcopondad by
prominent; evangelist, locked horno letter In which he .nlM *
In caWnio f.uhlon In the press. lor a “carrion crow,”* V
Tho ir’yor had vetoed an ordinance falsifying blackguard, 1 "Rmd i
for higher.idloon llcensoa. Later Dr.itlon monger.” Tho affair hai
Broughton!roasted the mayor and.up a moro than usual commotion.
A Meeting wa. H.ld at tSo ’CathOllo i ?
i.lbriry Hall and He Wn DraWis
Into the Race by Mr. ^aedWisdlnjii
—The. Cantpalgn to January Ith. la
to Have .Plenty’of Ginger In It. ‘V ;:
ttarannati, Deo. J7.^-Tha friends of
Col.' tVm. Garrard who want him !•
bo mayor of Savannah gathered at
the Cathollo Library Hall bat night
to ratify the nominal loti of that goat
tinman for tho offloo. The tncoUag
arouned a fair amount of enthnsloani
and for tho first mooting of a cam.
palgn after the candidate had been
•elected It waa a rathor encouraging
one.
Mr. Jacob S. Colilni was the prin
cipal speaker of the ovcilng. Mr.
Collins has Col. Garrard’s ccadldaoj!
In .hta personal keeping. It was Mr.
Col^n§ who got Col. 'Garrard to run
and for that reason he Is taking much
Interest In the campaign. He trill
he made chairman of ounnell It tho
ticket la elected. Mr. W. W. Shop,
pard who waa defeated for Congress v -
liter running a tie race with Mr. A*.
L. Brannon, of Bn’loeh county may .w?
he ou Col. Garrard’s aldermanlo ’
bMfd.
; .lfe:ta ogpectod (hat the eampalgat
now tq January 8th will be very
ll'tply. Coi? Garrard Is to
afternoon I
1 it
Cablegram of Sympathy to Pope. 3 Children are Burned Alive
of bringing immigrants to Georgia
will be dlacuBsed. Governor TeiTell
on yesterday received a telegram from
Atlanta Saloons Closed.
Weston, Iowa, Dec. 2?.—Three children of .Stanley .Single-
ton were cremated near here last night. Natural gas escaping
from a defective valve ignited atg£ caused aa explosion. When
the flames were discovcrediOres impossible to' rescue the
children.!*
Atlanta, Ga., Dec.
26.—Every sateen (pending rlet en Christmas eve, and
Orders Raisuli
P. M. Oliver, of Savannah, presldont ,n<l w” 01 *** 14 whisky houses In Attar*. j tWa Impelled the mayor to clot* the
Yaquis Massatree Mexicans.
El Paso, Dec, 27.—A special. from Nogales, Arizona,
says it is reported there" that eleven Mexicans and one
American were butchered near Valencia by the Yaqui In-
&- «f tM» Georgia Immigration Asaocla- t4 **• elo,,d Mondl r aftsrneen at 4
(ton, asking that the eonterence bej°’ eloek Pern * ln *< 1 •« yoetar.
antaged. Other membera of the a*- d *A ** erd,r 01 < h * mayor. Th# law
aoeUthm will be present, a* will also' 6 * 11 * ,or th *"’ on ChrUtmae
AttormeyOenera! Hart and atote Com. d4 7* but ,her * were rumor* of an lm-
totoaloucr of Agriculture Hudson. The
eraiis of the sew secretary of eons-
Stores and labor, Mr. Btraus, favor
■bis to the South oa tbs immigration
^ question, his sronsed tbs Georgia as
sociation to renewed activity,
, Wanted to Kill Family,
e : Jottn W. Bird, who lives oa Larkin
:» atreet, was. according to the police,
5 ' armed with 4 revolver and threaten
ing hla family when Polloemcn Black-
stone and Hardaway arreited him.
Bird la credited with saying: “I am
| ruing to kill 'the whole family. Just Uke
Walter Hightower killed that Jones
sm.» \
j; Preacher Shot In Arm.
L Rev. Dr. Graham, pastor of Mt.
! Zion chnreh, at Bolton,,was accident-
| ally shot In the arm Cbrfstmss day
U by a young man who was visiting at
f his home. The yonng man had fired
- the revolver three times and thought
l* there were no more loaded shells In
[ the cyllnd**. He cams Into tho house
snapping the pistol. There was a
flash and a report, and tba minister
f Shrieked with pain. It, was foand
the* a bullet had entered hts arm.
4n>e wound, while painful Is not
thought to bo serious.
Visit* "Relatives In Atlanta.
Attorney-General Harvey H. Han-
sob, of Tennessee, Is In Atlanta, visit
leg Captain and Mrs. V. it. Stokes,
fc'a relatives, at (8 Nelson street. Ho
will remain 1n the city for several
days, a- . '•
saleentf.and prevent the forming of a
drunken-mob, i
Was paid to the i
No asrloua attention
rumorn by tho hotter
element but tho.nogrooo were fright'
bnsd-oad-bwilwdvlns town,
Royal Wed^ng is Announced.
Berlin, Dec. 26—Princess Alcxandia Victoria Schlessig-Hol-
sfcin-Sondcrburg-Glucksburg has been!.betrothed to Prince
Augustus William, the fourth son of-Emperor William, The
Princess was born in April, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven
Prince Augustus was born in January of the same year.
English Blizzard Continues.
London, Dec. 27,—The blizzard which began on Christmas
ni&t, continued throughout Great Britan. In the northern coun
try districts trains are snowbound, roads blocked and impassa
ble, and rural village! cot off from communication. A number of
deaths havo been reported in the Scottish Hills.
Embezzler Given Four Years.
Kansas City, Dec. 27,—William C. Anderson, former teller
of the First National B|pk of this city, pleaded guilty today to
embezzling nine thousand dollars and was sentenced to four
years is the penitentiary.
Tangier, Dec. 27.—Moroccan General Sid! Mohammed has
established several small forts, each garrisoned by one hundred
and fifty men around Tangier, and has sent orders to Raisuli's
lieutenant to cease "governing.” Raisuli has summoned a
conncil of his chiefs to meet December 30tb.
Two Shot and Foul* Drowned.
Montgomery, Dec. 27.—Reperta from Prattville say
that two men were shot there yesterday and fonr negroes
wfre drowned.
Russfak Consul Died From Bullet.
Liverpool, Dec. 27.—The Russian consul her*, Colonel De-
Geimann, was found dead in bed this morning, having been kill
ed by a pistol shot. It is not known whether it is a case of
murder or suicide.
Sec. Shaw Visits New York.
New.Yofk, Dec. 26.—Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treas
ury, visited the United States sub-treasury here tediy. He said
he had nothing to offer for the relief of the money market.
Senator Cafferys Condition Grave.
New Orleans, Dec. 27.—The conrVfion of former United
States Senator Caffcry is still very gn.;, anil or.A alight hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
Roosevelts Gone to Virginia.
Washington, Dec. 27.—President Roosevelt .m! family left
at ll;15Mi[s morning for Pine Knot, Virgini-i, u ' .. ■* •hoy will
remaining* Monday afternoon.
my ofjttio olil C'it.'reni’ Ot'Jb support,
ore of Coorgo W. Tlodeman or* very
confident that lio wilt win.
Hlg Feet Mashed Off.
J. L’. Tanner, telegraph operator
for the Atlantic Coast Line at Ridge,
d,. 8. C., 1* at iho Gavannah hos.
Ilh both fort mashed off. He
ihder a train while trying to
board It to came tn Savannah ta
spend Christman. Tho dootor* gay.
I10 will got well.
Savannah’, Football Team,
Savannah having bnaten Foraytli’a
All Starr Southern football eleven oa
Christman day there la now much In
terest la tho gams between tho aatn*
olevona on New Year’s day. Whlto
tho team nomlnal'y represented .
Charleston, thore I, not a Charleston
man on tho team. Forsyth bos boon
In JacksoovJF 1 getting m trim for the
gamo next! nsday. Sarann-ih to
ready to mV. tho hunch again when
It eoinoa. Tho team that has never
been beaten but once I* confident that
It can wlpo the visitors op' again
whoa Ibey como to the field tho first
day of 1907.
Chrlttmas Trt* Celebration*.
There were two Christmas tfffo
celebrations la Savannah last Bight. ,
The Lutheran Church of tbs Ascen*
seen Sunday Scbo*t>bsd Iwd trass ID
the basement of ths church and the
Oplsedpal Churches ooaMn«| ;"Jk*lr.
Sunday Schools and bad Qflt> WiMli% '
bratlon. Other chupehM will ifimm f >
the ooMstoa during tbs srsek.*, :>
Bruneon Succeed* MouSs;
T. B. Bruneon has been appelated
Assistant Superintendent, of ths J9p>
vannah fire, department to ’toko'ths
place of Assb^at 8uperli»fais#qt8>.
George Moure, who was .Mdss-’lP' -
service. Brunron'a friends ,MU t
to got tho mayor to make tbs " '
mrnt pormaneot. The S
Proas has had nearly (2,000
to a relief fund fer thoso
ont upon tho dead Aeslataat
tondent and other firemen who
killed. , "T!
“Give Detective* Halt.*
Ccpt. M. Ed. Wilson, who pnt two
detectives on (ho docket for not mii- *
Ing aa arrest befnro tho mayor tod
he npiH-irod before tho mayor and
toetlfled that an alderman had told
him to "giro the detective b—I." He*
thought the alderman was playtky
pollllc*. The mayor reserved bis de
cision tn the case. Copt. Wilson was
rathor Inclined not to pursue ths
prosecution after hearing tho officer's
excuse.
m
It Is not generally known that tho
government has In its employ a man
who does.nothing all tho year 1
but kill mountain lions.